I think I owe you some review...
Ok, here I go!! My night at the Opera!
As you already know, not long ago (2o April) I went with Xiquet to the Liceu, the opera house in Barcelona, to watch "Das Rehingold". First of all, I was a little suprised because people tended to wear something depending on their ticket: the most expensive ticket, the most elegant and expensive dress or suit; the cheaper ticket, normal dress and even jeans. I had the cheapest among the cheapest ticket (not yet 12 €!!!), but I didn't dare to wear jeans... next time perhaps I do
Naaah... dress is unimportant, the thing is to enjoy music!
Ok, first of all, there was a "briefiing" in a room below the great room. We could sit on a chair in the center, or drink something. We simply sat there and heard about the whole tetralogy, and "Das Rehingold in particular", specially about the version we were going to enjoy. After that, we went to our seats: on the 4th floor, in a lateral, as much near of the stage as you can... so much that I only was able to see the half the stage, and only if I stood up and put half of me out of the banister. That's the reason we had a tiny little mobile screens just in front of our seats, to be able to watch what happened on the stage. Ok, have I said that those were the cheap tickets?
It's hard for me to make a review about the music, as I'm not used to pure opera (of course, I'm used to Therion, but that's not exactly the same...). For a rewiew I read a few days later, it seems the music was sometimes too high and silenced the actors... I notized, but I thought it would be the normal thing at the opera. After all, there were no microphones there! But perhaps it was a little too much. In fact, it was the first day of the performance in Barcelona, I suppose those minor errors are normal. Apart from that, I really enjoyed, and I didn't feel it too long. Well... it's the shorter opera from the tetralogy, isn't it? Even so, it's quite a long time.
The scenario was almost naked in every of the scenes: a light from one side to the other in two scenes, a buidling in construction in the second scene, and construction blocks in the third... that's all! It's a risky scenography, but I liked it.
Thinking in all the play, the third scene, with Alberich enslaving all the dwarves. is my favourite... because of the story, the performances, and perhaps I liked Alberich's performance the most.
And it came to an end! An enjoyable experiece, even though being hidden up to the clouds! I suppose that when they play the next operas from the Nibelungen tetralogy, we're going, if there are the same prizes... We can't afford to spend more than 200 € each in only one opera, but 12... or the double, there's no problem, and it's a fantastic experience! Perhaps another day I try to post some pictures I did from the interior of the opera hall... only for that, it's absolutely worth!!
